Feng-Huang
Feng-Huang, Emperor of Birds, is a totem unique to the Jade Sentai.
Overview
Feng-Huang is one of the original celestial creatures who helped the Jade Emperor and T'ai-Shen to create the world. Feng-Huang is actually similar to the Phoenix, in the fact that it is an immortal bird. But there are a few key differences. First is that Feng-Huang, while having the general appearance of a fiery Phoenix, does not go through the cycles of death and resurrection. Feng-Huang is a truly immortal creature with an unbroken cycle of life. Also, Feng-Huang is actually two birds married into one body. It is a male phoenix (Feng) and a female phoenix (Huang) married together in one body with two heads. Feng-Huang is a wise, though somewhat alien entity, speaking in vast riddles and puzzles to its children. It accepts whatever Jade Sentai that the Celestial Ministers choose.
Traits & Ban
- Background Cost: None. This totem may be taken only by members of the Jade Sentai.
Traits
Jade Sentai members with the Feng-Huang totem gain 3 temporary Renown in each category (Honor, Wisdom, Glory). Each Jade Sentai member also gains an additional die in all rolls involving interaction with spirits and an additional die on all Gnosis rolls. Children of Feng-Huang also receive -1 difficulty on attacks performed against Wyrm creatures.
Ban
The members of the Jade Sentai mustn't refuse the commands given by the Ministers. If they do, they lose Renown (3 Honor, 3 Wisdom) for the first transgression, and the second transgression gives them a Derangement atop the Renown loss. The third transgression opposing the Ministers' task causes the Jade Sentai to disband. All of the benefits of Feng-Huang disappear.
References
- WTA: Tribebook: Stargazers, p. 86